found: New York times WWW site, Dec. 20, 2010(in obituary published Dec. 17: Don Van Vliet; b. Don Vliet, Jan. 15, 1941, Glendale, Calif.; added the "Van" in 1965; d. Friday [Dec. 17, 2010], Northern California, aged 69; artist of protean creativity who was known as Captain Beefheart during his days as an influential rock musician and who later led a reclusive life as a painter)